Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths
Common name:
Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths
Habitat code:
F2.21
Description:
Very low, single-stratum, carpets of trailing azalea, [Loiseleuria procumbens], prostrate [Vaccinium] spp. or other prostrate ericoid shrublets, accompanied by lichens [Cetraria islandica], [Cladonia] spp., of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, with an outpost in the Balkan Peninsula: Sar planina (Kosovo).
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
|---|---|---|
| EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Alpine and Boreal heaths | 4060 |
| EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| F2.213 | Rhodopide and Balkan dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths | Rhodopide and Balkan dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths |
| F2.214 | Pontic dwarf [Vaccinium] heaths | Pontic dwarf [Vaccinium] heaths |
| F2.211 | Alpide dwarf azalea heaths | Alpide dwarf azalea heaths |
| F2.212 | Alpide dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths | Alpide dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths |
| EUNIS Site Code | Source | Greek Natura 2000 code | Site name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 198627110 | 198627110 | ALLGAEUER HOCHALPEN UND HOHER IFEN | |
| 198627114 | 198627114 | SCHLAPPOLT | |
| 200005001 | 200005001 | PARC NATUREL REGIONAL DU QUEYRAS - VAL D'ESCREINS | |
| 200005003 | 200005003 | CERVIERES - ROCHEBRUNE - GLAIZA | |
| 200038003 | 200038003 | GORGES DE LA SOULOISE ET MASSIF DE L'OBIOU, LE GRAND FERRAND | |
| 200073002 | 200073002 | SECTEUR OUTRAY - ENCLAVES | |
| S00000029 | S00000029 | KARAVANKE - KAMNISKO SAVINJSKE ALPE | |
| G0K100300 | G0K100300 | BESKID ZYWIECKI | |
| 200006015 | 200006015 | HAUTE VESUBIE - FORET DU BOREON |